LIVERPOOL have had a #6.5million offer for Craig Bellamy reluctantly accepted by Blackburn - and the striker is clear to complete his dream move.

Bellamy will now return from holiday to join the club he supported as a kid - less than a year after signing for big pal Mark Hughes.

In the past Anfield boss Rafa Benitez has been put off Bellamy by his character, but opted to sign the Welshman as other targets proved too costly.

Rafa will now sit down with Bellamy and ask tough questions of the volatile 25-year-old.

If he comes up with the right answers he will be offered a three or four-year contract.

Benitez will try to team him up with Dirk Kuyt as soon as possible. The Mirror understands Liverpool are close to a #10m deal for the Feyenoord ace, which will be completed as soon as Holland go out of the World Cup. But Rovers chief Hughes is devastated by the loss of Bellamy, who he talked into joining when bigger clubs, including Liverpool, snubbed him.

NIALL QUINN has made an offer for Sunderland and was last night haggling over the #16m price tag with chairman Bob Murray.